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Open Authority Defining

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Defining “Authority”

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Defining “Open”

Museum

Community +

contributions

expertise

Open Authority

Contributory Collaborative Co-Creative

Tagging

Voting

Identifying

Transcribing

Community Sourcing Participatory

Interpretation Crowdsourcing

Memory Sharing

Community Blogging

Idea Generation / Dialogue

Sharing Media

Reggio Emilia

A Spectrum of Open Authority

The Reggio Emilia Approach

Led by the Interest of the Child

Rethinking the Student-Teacher

Relationship

The Importance of Community

Reggio in Action

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“We have to participate as a community,

A Community of Learners

together,

in order to get a full perspective...

We’re building empathy

from the beginning.”

- Susan Mackay

Open Authority: You’re Invited

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Access to expertise

Community participation

A platform

Content to engage with

Shared control &

dialogue

A focus on process, not

product

Evidence of

collaboration

Elements of Open Authority